Sakha Republic

The Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, is a federal subject of Russia, with Yakutsk serving as its capital. Yakutia is named for the animist Yakuts, and the region was conquered by the Tsardom of Russia during the 17th century; Yakutsk was founded in 1632. In 1922, the former Yakutsk Oblast became the Yakutsk ASSR. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992, and it became an autonomous republic. In 2010, Sakha had a population of 958,528 people.